Risk-assessed prisoners who are within two months of their release date will be temporarily released from jail, as part of the national plan to protect the NHS and save lives

Selected low-risk offenders, within weeks of their release dates, will be electronically tagged and temporarily released on licence in stages.   Offenders can be recalled at the first sign of concern.    Violent and sexual offenders and those of security concern will...
American law terminology

American law terminology

Anyone who looks at what words and phrases people are searching for online when they’re looking for a defence solicitor quickly realises that a lot of the phrases used to search the internet for criminal defence services in the UK are American. This phenomenon has...
Guide to white collar offences

Guide to white collar offences

The phrase ‘white collar offence’ was first coined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland, who defined it as ‘a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation’.  This description is clearly dated, but nearly 80 years on,...